Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Growth hormone-releasing factor

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The result of the debate wasKEEP unanimously (including the nominator, apparently). Splash 23:32, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Growth hormone-releasing factor
Keep- Rewrite - It was worth delting before, but I've removed the rubbish from it, however it's not much more than a stub. Spaully 10:08, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Not sure: It should be Human Growth hormone releasing factor.  Further, the bit about its pulsatile expression during hypoglycemia is misleading at best.  It's a detail that isn't germane, because hypoglycemia is not going to make someone taller; rather, during local hypoglycemia, an increased expression is found (very small amounts).  The various connections between this and glucagon factors is interesting, but, well, we're not really a biochem site.  (I used to work with IGF's.)  Geogre 03:24, 16 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Mm, I've been working at a lab where they're doing work with rat GHRF; it's not solely linked to humans. Keep. DS 14:05, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Is it from the pituitary?  Is it released in a pulsatile manner?  Is it increased in hypoglycemia?  I.e. is this article about GHRF or about hGHRF?  In either case, what else is there to say about it?  What are the clinical presentations of surplus and deficit in humans (i.e. is this the cause of acromegaly, or is it something else? is this the cause of dwarfism, or is it something else?).  Is it ever administered therapeutically?  If not, why not.  (I know why not, but the article doesn't tell anyone else.)  If so, in what cases?  What are the other factors produced by its metabolism or production?  I.e. if there's going to be an article on this factor, I'd hope that it would contextualize and make the information informative to readers who aren't working in endocrine and protein labs.  Geogre 15:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; notable. &mdash; RJH 23:16, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. JamesBurns 02:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.